Project Detail

The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero)

Synopsis

Living with his mother and working as a farmhand in his hometown, fourteen-year-old Lalo sees buying a smartphone for his high-school crush the only surefire way into her heart. When his mother is forced to use his savings in order to pay for medical bills, Lalo decides to approach the local huachicoleros for help, who quickly enlist his aid in their business of illegally siphoning gas in order to take advantage of the country's shortage and re-sell on the black market. As Lalo naively becomes more involved with the huachicoleros' work, an uneasy air of violence begins to overtake the world around him, while investigators narrow their search for those responsible.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - International Narrative Competition - World premiere
Winner: Best New Narrative Director Award - Tribeca Film Festival 2019

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Director
Edgar Nito
Producer
Victor Leycegui, Annick Mahnert, Joshua Sobel
Executive Producer
Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh, Sonia Lowe
Editor
Sam Baixauli
Screenwriter
Alfredo Mendoza, Edgar Nito
Director of Photography
Juan Pablo Ramírez
Composer
Carlo Ayhllón
Principal cast
Eduardo Banda, Pedro Joaquin, Regina Reynoso, Fernando Becerril, Pascacio López, Leonardo Alonso

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Mexico, Spain, UK, US co-production

AMP International (UK), Pirotecnia Films (MX), Screen Division (FR)

AMP International

Timo Suomi
18 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AH

Sales Company

AMP International

Timo Suomi
Studio 01zero-one
Hopkins Street
London
W1F 0HS

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